A bit of Islamic sci-fi in Sultana’s Dream. The description: “Sultana’s Dream was originally published in The Indian Ladies’ Magazine, Madras, 1905, in English. This edition is transcribed from Sultana’s dream; and Padmarag: two feminist utopias by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain.”

We’ve all seen the Steampunk Home, but how about the Steampunk Home on the Prairie? In the middle of Manhattan no less? New Yorker Rob Schleifer has effectively turned his apartment into a 19th-century frontier cabin:

In the UK, Empire Line & Monarchs Of The East End is photographer Gavin Fernandes’s exhibition that renders “the politics of clothing and its relationship with class and caste in 19th century India ruled by the British Raj.”

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The Nutshell ExplanationBeyond Victoriana is the oldest-running blog about multicultural steampunk and retro-futurism--that is, steampunk outside of a Western-dominant, Eurocentric framework. Founded in 2009, Beyond Victoriana focuses on non-Western cultures, underrepresented minorities in Western histories (Asian / Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, First Nation, Hispanic, black / African & other marginalized identities), and the cultural intersection between the West and the non-West.